Alison Hewitt

Senior media relations officer

UCLA Newsroom

James West Alumni Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1431

ahewitt@support.ucla.edu

UCLA Newsroom

Cruel summer: March heat wave is a reminder to the West

Extreme heat is a year-round problem – and summer is coming

UCLA’s most recent alumni Nobel laureates, all of whom won the prize in physiology or medicine (left to right): Fred Ramsdell (2025 laureate), Ardem Patapoutian (2021) and Randy Schekman (2013).

3 alumni Nobel laureates recount how UCLA set them on a path to the prize

From the lecture halls of Westwood to the world’s most prestigious scientific stage, UCLA’s Nobel-winning alumni trace their triumphs to a common source: a public university that opened doors

Scientists discover how elephant extinction threatens everything from rainforests to musical instruments

The research with local collaborators is the first to identify how to reliably grow ebony trees from seeds